Officials expect more mail-in ballots

Voters can request until Tuesday

12:33 AM,
Oct. 29, 2012

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Thousands of mail-in ballots for the November election are inundating county election offices as voters discover this more flexible system of voting that any voter can use.

Officials in Burlington and Camden counties say they expect the number of mail-in votes will exceed the record set four years ago. And the number of absentee-ballot applications already has surpassed the record set in 2008 in Gloucester County.

"We are buried in mail-in and overseas ballots," said Robert Venuti, chairman of the Camden County Board of Elections. ...